Norman Mailer Society/Robert F. Lucid Award
The Robert F. Lucid Award for Mailer Studies was established in 2003 in recognition of Professor Lucid’s long and distinguished career as a Mailer scholar-critic. The Lucid Award is given annually based on the recommendation of a Society committee. The winner receives a plaque and a $250 honorarium and is invited to speak at the Society’s annual meeting. The Lawrence Schiller Educational Trust matches all contributions, up to a total of $5,000, to an endowment set up to fund the Lucid Award. We are deeply grateful to Mr. Schiller for his gifts.
Lucid Award Winners
| Year | Recipient | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Maggie McKinley | Norman Mailer in Context |
| 2019 | J. Michael Lennon Donna Pedro Lennon Gerald R. Lucas |
Norman Mailer: Works and Days |
| 2018 | Maggie McKinley | Understanding Norman Mailer |
| 2015 | Kevin Schultz | Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship that Shaped the Sixties |
| 2014 | J. Michael Lennon | The Selected Letters of Norman Mailer |
| 2013 | J. Michael Lennon | Norman Mailer: A Double Life |
| 2012 | Lawrence Schiller | “Lifetime Achievement Award” for major role in Oswald’s Tale, The Executioner’s Song, and Marilyn: A Biography |
| 2011 | Norris Church Mailer | A Ticket to the Circus |
| John Whalen-Bridge | Norman Mailer’s Later Fictions | |
| 2009 | J. Michael Lennon | For his work from 2002–2009 as founding president of the Norman Mailer Society |
| 2007 | John Whalen-Bridge | - |